Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	276% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-SOC Force
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170808
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 762 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,713 Write 1,390 Mixed 1,386 402% 1,830 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 33 214% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 29.6 142% 324 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 254%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 80GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7942893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -114452288486251 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2209 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 389 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 37 68721901601 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7942893 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7942893 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7942893 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3552 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2194 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2194 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3337	66.7% Good	Read 520 Write 106 Mixed 191 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 12 128% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 14.6 28% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 81%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 34GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 7146636 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -103843719265139 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2210 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 392 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 37 68721901600 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7146636 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7146636 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7146636 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3529 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2154 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2154 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3384	69.2% Good	Read 513 Write 140 Mixed 201 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 15.3 129% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 14.6 29% 55.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 31.9 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.6 SC Mixed 34.2 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 87%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	45x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	8x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	10x
540s Series 1TBIntelBench 81%, 1,702 samples	3x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	3x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 1,354 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GBCorsairBench 80%, 416 samples	3x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 1x16GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 72 samples	3x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16